Re: [Boost-users] feature request: program_options: generate OS dependent options

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] feature request: program_options: generate OS dependent options
From: Hicham Mouline (hicham_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-08 10:10:06

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-users-
> bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Diederick C. Niehorster
> Sent: 08 December 2009 12:16
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] feature request: program_options: generate OS
> dependent options
> 
> Hi Hicham,
> 
> Please reiterate your request by filing a report on the tracker:
> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/report/14?USER=anonymous&page=5.
> Then the right people will see it at some point (it was great to see
> there has been some recent activity on the tracker for program
> options!).
> 
> Best,
> Dee
> 
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Hicham Mouline <hicham_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Following the discussion in
> > http://lists.boost.org/boost-users/2009/12/54327.php, let me then request
> > that the feature be implemented in program_options.
> >
> > The 2 systems that I know a little about are POSIX(thanks Ovanes) and
> > Windows:
> > .POSIX: Typically, the command line would options with the '-' being the
> > delimiter, like for the 'ls' program on a linux system:
> >
> >  ls --help
> >  ....
> >  -a, --all                  do not ignore entries starting with .
> >  -A, --almost-all           do not list implied . and ..
> >      --author               with -l, print the author of each file
> >  -b, --escape               print octal escapes for nongraphic characters
> >      --block-size=SIZE      use SIZE-byte blocks
> >      --help                 print this
> >  ....
> >
> > .Windows
> >  dir /?: Typically, the '/' is the delimiter.
> >  ...
> >  /B          Uses bare format (no heading information or summary).
> >  ...
> >
> > So in fact, I have 2 feature requests :-)   :
> >
> > 1. Detect automatically the OS platform and the appropriate delimiter ( / or
> > - or -- ) for win or POSIX
> >
> > 2. Detect the special option (help) that dislays the usage, which is /? on
> > windows and --help on POSIX, and treat it symbolically in the user code
> > calling program_options, ie not having to test for the "help" string as
> > shown in the tutorial.
> >
> > I can create the trac tickets if preferred,
> >
> > Regards,

3732 and 3733 are created.

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